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Leveraging AI in Social Work: A Pathway to Empowering Vulnerable Populations

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and social work is guiding a new era of technological transformation, promising to revolutionize how social services are delivered to the most vulnerable sectors of society. The Future of AI in Social Work The future of AI in social work is full of potential.

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

CNN recently reported that “California has spent billions to fight homelessness. Wealthy philanthropic organizations often view issues through the lens of scientific, technological, and financial superiority. For many years, the organization implemented innovative and large-scale solutions to address the problem of homelessness.

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The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2022

Stanford Social Innovation Review

. “By calling on our sector to invest its collective energy in more relational and emergent approaches to transforming systems, we are merely naming what many of us already know: The ways we currently collaborate are simply not up to the magnitude of the task given the complexity of the social and environmental problems we are trying to solve.

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The New Problem-Solving Skills That All Cities Need

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This required a sustained emergency posture and high degrees of creativity, agility, and collaboration. It was city leaders—more than state or federal officials—who stepped up to communicate risk, implement behavioral-change interventions, and find new or improved ways to reach and engage vulnerable and skeptical communities.

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From Cause Marketing to Corporate Causes

Selfish Giving

cancer, literacy, hunger, homelessness, etc.) Grants are effective mechanisms for creating sustainable innovation, collaboration, and continuing education as well as community and stakeholder engagement. and many times they are just waiting for an invitation to be involved. This is a guest post from Dr. Brian Kelley.

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Measuring Nonprofit Impact: 25 Key Metrics & Other Tools for Success

Nonprofit Megaphone

For example, if a nonprofit is working to reduce homelessness, measuring impact can help them to determine which programs are most effective, and which are not making a significant impact. Measuring impact can also help nonprofits to identify areas where they can collaborate with other organizations to achieve their goals.

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Companies like Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet that develops technologies for sustainable urban design, are transforming business as usual to solve complex urban problems. Urban innovation ecosystems can provide an alternative to grand schemes, and cities’ social sectors provide a source of ongoing innovation.